progenies
progenies is the plural of progeny.
Meaning of progeny
Noun
progeny (countable and uncountable, plural progenies)
- Offspring or descendants considered as a group.
- I treasure this five-generation photograph of my great-great grandmother and her progeny.
- Synonyms:
- binary clone, descendant(s), fruit of one's loins, get, issue, lineage, offspring
- Descent, lineage, ancestry.
- Beſides, all French and France exclaimes on thee, / Doubting thy Birth and lawfull Progenie. / Who ioyn’ſt thou with, but with a Lordly Nation, / That will not truſt thee, but for profits ſake ?1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- A result of a creative effort.
- His dissertation is his most important intellectual progeny to date.
Questions about progenies
- What is progenies the plural of?
- Progenies is the plural of progeny.
Words near progenies in the dictionary
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